Multipole expansion

mathematical series approximating an angle-dependent function

mathematical model

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Description

Multipole expansions are often used to represent electromagnetic fields, where the fields at distant points are given in terms of sources (charges and/or currents) in a small region (far field limit). The first term is called the monopole moment, the second term is called the dipole moment, the third term the quadrupole moment, etc.

Contained entity(-ies)

spherical harmonics expansion (3D)	$V(r,\theta ,\phi )=\sum _{\ell =0}^{\mathrm{\infty }}\sum _{m=-\ell }^{\ell }{C}_{\ell }^m(r)Y_{\ell }^m(\theta ,\phi )$
	$\theta$ represents polar angle
	$\phi$ represents azimuthal angle
	$r$ represents radial coordinate

Computational task(s)

far field radiation

Reference(s)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multipole_expansion

Further link(s)

Item	Property
electromagnetic field	modelled by
Maxwell's equations	specialized by

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